CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Magic In The Mistborn Series, Thyrsus, Dionysia

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS104
• Professor: Ronald Kroeker

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=bacchus is not a roman name but called by the greeks. When the romans adopted dionysus they liked bacchus and kept it. Liber is a native god associated with dionysus: attributes: drinking cup, ivy wreath/grape vines, thyrsus, leopard/panther. Freedom = religions ecstasy cast off all inhibitions. Celebration dionysia, which comes from dionysus, aristotle argued when tragic plays are put on they are catharsis of fear and pity. People are afraid of what the actors are going to do and feel pity of the characters, sort of release. Mysteries = greeks and romans adopted mystery religions, different from normal practices. 2 things: 1) cleaning self from sins and 2) free when you die and have successful afterlife/ Dionysus was the main figure for mystery religions: incoming god = 2 interpretations. Number of gods recognized, dionysus claims to be a god. Dionysus as a god, you will be punished.